I agree. I have found things in small local libraries that were the key to just what I needed. Clayton has a tremendous amount on North Carolina. So many of our early Texas descendants came through North Carolina. Clayton has research for everyone now though. We are so lucky to have it. I still have to order things from LDS, but it is less than it was years ago. Thanks for your answer. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue <[email protected]> To: Betty Stokes <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 7:39 PM Subject: Re: Olivia Raney vs LDS > Hi, > The Olivia Raney Library is in Raleigh, NC and has a large collection of > Genealogy material. Not as large as the State Archives, but a comparison > would be the Clayton to the Public Library in Houston. <G> > I think what Chet was asking was, would the LDS library have more county > material for Wake Co. than the local library. > I havn't been to the Raney library, yet.. hope to, one of these days, > but always wind up at the archives and never get out of there <g> > It would depend on how much local information for the county is there. > I know that the LDS library has a tremendous amount of data that has > been filmed for Wake Co. But, then, there may be some local family > information that has been given to the Raney library that was never > filmed..?? > Who knows? I would have the best of both worlds and check them both!! > Sue > > > > Betty Stokes wrote: > > > > What is Olivia Raney Library? > > > > The LDS Library is the largest in the world. You cannot check out anything. > > However, you can order anything they have, except books, sent to the local > > Family History Center Libraries. They have some books on microfilm you can > > rent. You can rent the film for a small fee and keep it for varying lengths > > of time. They keep some things on permanet loan. > > > > I research at Clayton Library in Houston which I understand is the 3rd > > largest. The library in Indiana is 2nd I think. I'm not sure where the DAR > > Library fits in. > > > > I've been researching for going on 30 years and have never heard of Olivia > > Raney. > > > > Betty > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Chet Rhodes <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 6:10 PM > > Subject: Olivia Raney vs LDS > > > > > What are the advantages, or disadvantages, of using Olivia Raney Library > > vs > > > the LDS library? > > > > > > >